Lighthouses |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
apparatus Bart beacon Bell Rock Light Bell Rock Lighthouse BLACK'S Board boat Book C. D. Ginsburg catoptric Christian cloth Coloured Commissioners of Northern Crown 8vo Cyclopędia of Biblical deck Demy 8vo diameter dioptric dioptric system distance Eddystone Edinburgh Encyclopędia Britannica engineering Engravings erected Fcap feet flame Fresnel gale gilt edges height History inches Isaac Jennings Islands Isle J. L. Porter JAMES John Kitto John Pye Smith keepers KITTO'S Cyclopędia lamp land lens lenses light-keepers lighthouse illumination lightroom LL.D London mariner miles Morocco night North Northern Lighthouses Novels Peter Holmes placed Price 18 prisms Professor R. S. Poole rays readers reef reflectors revolving light Robert Robert Stevenson Royal 8vo Samuel Davidson Scotland SCOTT'S Second Edition ship shores Skerryvore Smeaton Square 12mo Stanley Leathes stations Stevenson Third Edition tide tion tower Trinity House vessel vols volume W. L. Alexander waves William wind Wood Woodcut writer
Popular passages
Page 8 - Far in the bosom of the deep, O'er these wild shelves my watch I keep; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night, The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his timorous. sail.
Page 3 - A Manual of Botany : being an Introduction to the Study of the Structure, Physiology, and Classification of Plants.
Page 3 - BENNETT (Professor). Clinical Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Medicine. New edition (the third), pp. 1005, with five hundred Illustrations, price 30s. An Introduction to Clinical Medicine. Six Lectures on the Method of Examining Patients, &c.
Page 16 - In 48 volumes fcap. 8vo, printed on tinted paper from a new and beautiful type, and illustrated with about 1600 Woodcuts and 96 Steel Engravings. The Illustrations are drawn by artists of the highest standing, many of whom are members of the Royal Academy. This Edition combines the pictorial advantages of the ABBOTSFORD Edition (now out of print) with the portability of the Author's Favourite. ARRANGEMENT OF THE VOLUMES.
Page 61 - ... the works. For miles around nothing could be seen but white foaming breakers, and nothing heard but howling winds and lashing waves. At such seasons much of our time was spent in bed; for there alone we had effectual shelter from the winds and spray which searched every cranny in the walls of the barrack.
Page 15 - Quentin Durward. 17. St. Ronan's Well. 18. Redgauntlet. 19. The Betrothed. 20. The Talisman : A Tale of the Crusaders. 21. Woodstock; or, The Cavalier. 22. The Fair Maid of Perth ; or, St. Valentine's Day. 23. Anne of Geierstein ; or, The Maiden of the Mist 24.
Page 12 - Popular Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature. In one volume, 8vo, illustrated by 336 Engravings, price 10s. 6d. History of Palestine ; from the Patriarchal Age to the present time. Numerous Wood Engravings, crown 8vo, price 5s. School Edition. 12mo, price 4s.; without Map, 3s. 6d.
Page 11 - Anatomical Memoirs of John Goodsir, late Professor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh. Edited by William Turner, MB, Professor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh, with Biographical Memoir by Henry Lonsdale, MD Illustrated with Plates and Wood Engravings, 2 vols.
Page 12 - Medical Dictionary, designed for popular use; containing an account of Diseases and their Treatment, including those most frequent in warm climates. New edition, greatly enlarged and improved.
Page 28 - THE ENCYCLOP/EDIA BRITANNICA. EIGHTH EDITION. A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, MANUFACTURES, COMMERCE, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, AND GENERAL LITERATURE. Illustrated by upwards of five Thousand Engravings on Wood and Steel. A Complete Index, published separately, forms a ready and useful Key to the Contents. Price in cloth, 8s.